Maroondah taxis & airport transfers, priced upfront.
Booked ahead. Priced upfront. Driven by people who know Melbourne’s east — across Ringwood, Croydon, Heathmont and every Maroondah suburb.
Already booked? Manage it here.
Locked the moment you book.
No surge. No traffic surcharge.
8 min
avg metro
pickup
- Ringwood
- Ringwood East
- Ringwood North
- Warranwood
- Croydon
- Croydon Hills
- Croydon North
- Croydon South
- Heathmont
- Bayswater North
- Park Orchards
- Kilsyth South
Get your fixed fare in under a minute.
Enter your pickup and destination and your fixed fare appears before you book — locked, the fare you see is the fare you pay. No meter, no surge, no traffic surcharge.
Need help now? Call 1300 012 018. Your quote also shows your trip’s CO₂ against a standard car.
Fare Estimate
Get your fixed price instantly — no surge, no surprises
All prices include GST. No hidden fees.
The fare you see is the fare you pay.
It’s locked at booking — no meter, no surge, no “the traffic was bad” surcharge. Here’s where you’ll see it.
In the booking panel
“Your fixed fare: $XX — locked, that’s what you pay,” shown the moment pickup and destination are entered, before payment.
In the airport section
A popular fixed-fares guide — from-prices per suburb, both directions — so you know the price before you book.
On the trip record
For Cabcharge trips the fixed fare shows on the itemised receipt, so it reconciles cleanly.
Fixed fare, both ways
Yarra Valley< 1 hr
from Ringwood
Maroondah opens straight onto wine country & the ranges.
Few parts of Melbourne sit this close to a day out. The Maroondah Highway runs you from Ringwood into the Yarra Valley and the Dandenongs in well under an hour — driven, so everyone can relax and nobody has to stay sober for the road home.
Yarra Valley wine country
Around 20 minutes up the Maroondah Highway — Domaine Chandon, Rochford, Oakridge and 80+ cellar doors between Coldstream and Healesville.
The Dandenong Ranges
Olinda, Sassafras and Mount Dandenong — winding roads, mountain-ash forest, renowned gardens and hilltop villages.
Your trip, sorted — start to finish.
Booking takes about a minute, and once it’s done, it’s done — a fixed fare, a confirmation in writing, and a driver who turns up. Your ride is sorted.
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Tell us where and when.
Book online in under a minute, or call or WhatsApp us.
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See your fixed fare.
The price appears before you pay, and it’s locked.
- 3
Get it in writing.
Confirmation and your driver’s details by SMS.
- 4
Change it anytime.
Log in, or check with your booking code — no phone queue.
- 5
We turn up.
On time, the right vehicle, and you arrive without the worry.
For the trips that matter, the timetable can’t help.
Maroondah has good rail — the Lilydale and Belgrave lines run through Ringwood — but a train doesn’t leave early enough for a 6am flight, doesn’t carry your bags or your kids, doesn’t head airport-ward, and stops before the late pickups. That’s the gap ME CABS fills.
The first train is too late.
We’re at your door at 4:30am for the Tullamarine run, before the first service even leaves.
Trains carry you, not the load.
A week of luggage, a pram, or someone just discharged from hospital needs a car to the door.
Rail runs city-ward.
Not to the airport, and not cross-suburb to the Yarra Valley or a specialist appointment.
After the last train, we’re still running.
Late arrivals and late nights, booked ahead — when the timetable has already stopped.
The hill suburbs have no station at all.
Ringwood North, Warranwood, Croydon Hills and Park Orchards — door to door, every time.
The whole City of Maroondah, door to door.
Including the hill suburbs and pockets without a nearby train station — where a booked car beats waiting for a bus.
Ringwood
Eastland Shopping Centre on Maroondah Highway, the Ringwood Station bus interchange, the activity centre and Karralyka.
View the Ringwood pageRingwood East
Maroondah Hospital on Davey Drive, Ringwood Private Hospital and the surrounding streets.
Warranwood & Ringwood North
Door-to-door pickups in the hilly, no-station pockets where a booked car beats waiting for a bus.
View the Warranwood pageCroydon, Croydon Hills, North & South
Croydon Main Street, the station precinct and the quieter residential streets up the hill.
View the Croydon pageBayswater North
The southern industrial and business precinct — staff, shift and everyday travel.
View the Bayswater North pageKilsyth South & Park Orchards
The Maroondah edges, covered exactly the same as the centre.
The Maroondah places we run to, every day.
From Eastland to the hospital, the station to the lake — your driver already knows the way, the entrances and the quiet back routes.
Eastland & Ringwood Town Square
Maroondah Highway shopping, dining and the outdoor restaurant precinct.
Ringwood Station interchange
Buses, trains and the activity centre — fast connections, day or night.
Croydon Main Street
180+ shops, cafés and the Croydon station precinct.
Maroondah & Ringwood Private Hospital
Davey Drive, Ringwood East — careful, door-to-door medical transport.
Karralyka & Realm, Ringwood
The theatre, library and Maroondah civic and events precinct.
Ringwood Lake & Federation Estate
Parks, playgrounds, gardens and the Sensory Time Trail.
≈40 min
Ringwood → MEL
Land early or late, your driver already knows. No surge on a delayed flight.
Maroondah to Melbourne Airport, made simple.
From Ringwood, EastLink and the freeway give a clean run to Tullamarine — and we time the pickup to the traffic, not to a guess. Avalon too, whenever you need it.
Fixed fare, locked before you travel
Flight tracking on every arrival
Early-morning & late-night pickups
Help with bags, door to door
How far is Maroondah from the Melbourne CBD?
Around 22 km east of town. The Eastern Freeway and EastLink give a clean line into the city — for work, a show or a night out. We set the pickup to the day’s traffic, and whatever the road does, your fixed fare doesn’t move.
≈30 min
typical drive
≈23 km
to the CBD
≈32 min
typical drive
≈25 km
to the CBD
≈35 min
typical drive
≈28 km
to the CBD
≈33 min
typical drive
≈26 km
to the CBD
Distances and times are approximate, off-peak estimates and vary with traffic and your exact address. They are a guide only — the fixed fare you are quoted before travel is what you pay.
When reliability matters, the difference shows.
| When it matters | ME CABS | App-based rideshare | Rank / phone-dispatch taxi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your price | Fixed, agreed before you travel | Varies; surges at peak | Metered; climbs in traffic |
| Your driver | A confirmed driver, booked ahead | Whoever’s nearest; can cancel | Whoever’s dispatched |
| Booking ahead | Days or weeks, confirmed back to you | Limited | Limited |
| Door-to-door, hill suburbs | Yes, to your door | Often circles past no-station pockets | Varies |
| Hard trips: regional, maxi, 4:30am | Built for them | Rarely | Inconsistent |
| After you book | Log in, check by code, or WhatsApp | Minimal | Phone the dispatcher |
Choose ME CABS when reliability matters: a confirmed driver at a price locked before you travel, the runs others decline, Cabcharge handled properly — and a booking you can actually see and change afterwards.
The trips that need more than a random car.
One operator for the journeys that can’t go wrong — medical, hospital, regional and group, each handled by a driver who’s done it before.
Hospital & Medical
Care that turns up.
Door-to-door transport to and from Maroondah Hospital on Davey Drive, Ringwood Private, Angliss and Box Hill. Your driver helps to the door and allows the time the trip deserves.
Call for immediate pickupCabcharge accepted
Travel that reconciles itself.
Cabcharge accepted on every trip across Ringwood, Croydon and the Bayswater North precinct — alongside card and cash, on a fixed fare with an itemised receipt.
Book Your RideRegional Victoria
Certainty over distance.
The Yarra Valley, the Dandenongs, Gippsland, Geelong and Ballarat — quoted as a fixed fare before you go.
Get a regional quoteGroup & Maxi Taxi
One car for the whole party.
More seats and boot space for families, airport groups, events and extra luggage — no scramble for two cars.
Reserve a maxi taxiDifferent journeys need different vehicles.
We match the car to the trip, so you don’t need to call multiple providers. The booking is capacity-based — choose by how many people and bags you have.
Flex
Everyday transport
Local rides, appointments and simple airport transfers. The reliable default.
Plus
Business & special trips
More comfort or extra luggage for airport runs and occasions that matter.
Group
Families & luggage
More seats and boot space for families, airport groups, events and maxi needs.
Wheelchair
Mobility needs
Wheelchair-accessible vehicles available on request, subject to availability.
Our fleet — 90% hybrid & electric
Tesla and Lexus hybrids by default — cleaner, quieter and more comfortable than an older cab, with the reliability of a maintained fleet. A greener ride that doesn’t cost you certainty.
A cleaner ride for a green corner of Melbourne.
Nine in ten ME CABS trips run in a hybrid or electric car — a quieter, lower-emission ride. Maroondah takes its name from words for “throwing” and “leaf”, chosen for the green of the land: Ringwood Lake, the Brushy Creek and Bungalook reserves, the EastLink Trail. The greener ride is simply the default.
Carbon Savings Calculator
See how much CO₂ you save by choosing ME CABS over a petrol car
The trips we handle every week.
Illustrative of the journeys we want to feature — real, permissioned customer stories will replace these as they are collected.
The 4am flight
Ringwood North
No station up the hill, an early international departure, a booking made the night before. The car was in the driveway at 4am, bags loaded, EastLink clear — and a fare that never moved.
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Bayswater North
A business in the southern precinct needed staff moved to meetings and the airport without the paperwork headache. Cabcharge, itemised trips, the same professional drivers each time.
Book a trip like thisHome from hospital
Ringwood East
A discharge that couldn’t be rushed. A driver who waited, helped to the door, and got a recovering passenger home calmly — the kind of trip that earns the next call.
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Croydon to Avalon
Four people, a week of luggage and a flight from Avalon. A Group vehicle handled the lot, fixed fare agreed up front, no scramble for two cars at the last minute.
Book a trip like thisAlready booked? You’re not left in the dark.
View, change or cancel — three ways to stay in control of your trip.
Most people find ME CABS on a stressful day. A flight at dawn. A parent to collect from hospital. A meeting they cannot be late for. Then the car is there — early, clean, quiet — and the worry lifts.
We sell that feeling, not just the kilometres.
Maroondah taxi & transfer questions, answered.
Can’t find what you’re looking for? Call the Melbourne dispatch on 1300 012 018.